lich
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English lich, from Old English līċ, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-. Cognate with Dutch lijk, German Leiche, Norwegian lik, Swedish lik, Danish lig.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪtʃ
Noun
lich (plural liches)
- (archaic) A corpse or dead body. [from 9th c.]
- 1983, Poul Anderson, Time Patrolman (Sci-Fi), →ISBN:
- She saw him again that eventide, but then he was a reddened lich.
- (fantasy, roleplay) A reanimated corpse or undead being, particularly a still-intelligent undead spellcaster.
- 1974, Karl Edward Wagner, ‘Sticks’:
- It was a lich’s face – desiccated flesh tight over its skull.
- 1974, Karl Edward Wagner, ‘Sticks’:
Derived terms
Translations
undead being
Etymology 2
From Middle English līke, līch (“like”); see like and -like for more. Compare -ly.
Adjective
lich (comparative more lich, superlative most lich)
- (obsolete) Like; resembling; equal.
- 1386-90, John Gower, Confessio Amantis.
- Anon he let two cofres make / Of one semblance, and of one make, / So lich, that no lif thilke throwe, / That one may fro that other knowe.
- (Can we date this quote?), Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene iii. vii. 29.
- [He] rather joy'd to be than seemen sich, For both to be and seeme to him was labour lich.
- 1386-90, John Gower, Confessio Amantis.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English līċ, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.
Noun
lich (plural lichs)
- A body.
- 1362, William Langland, Piers Plowman, XI.2:
- A wyf […] Þat lene was of lich and of louh chere.
- 1362, William Langland, Piers Plowman, XI.2:
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
lich f
Noun
lich n
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